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[nealbirch <nealbirch AT attbi.com>]

jack AT jbertram.net wrote:
> * nealbirch <nealbirch AT attbi.com> [021020 19:41]:
>
> > jack AT jbertram.net wrote:
> > > Cast init.d.  Don't understand networking menu. Guess and manually edit
> > > init.d scripts. 
> >
> > What was confusing? how do I make it better? I have been thinking of 
> > adding help files, would that help/fix things?
>
>
> Help would certainly help.  I didn't understand the paradigm you were
> using - that there was one file which called a number of "card" files
> from a different directory.  Not sure what the difference between
> Install and Update is either. 

The cards files are for those who have more than one nic, it's the 
easiest way to make it portable I could find. The Install/update options 
are to take into account initial installation and updating the scripts, 
added cards, new settings or whatever changes are needed. That part was 
the biggest pain in the rear to write, and some of it's only necessary 
for the change from the old method to the new and was probably overkill.

> Didn't know what "Mode" was (turned out
> to be dynamic/static, but I had no clue).  It would be great to have a
> little more surrounding info to explain how the networking scripts
> operate, if you see what i mean.  The options make perfect sense, but
> only in context.

Ok, help with the context if you could. What would be a more 
understandable phrase for this different things? Dialog has a nice help 
feature that I am going to add in as I get the text for it, but I think 
that it's obvious that what is obvious to me may not be so to you, don't 
you think? =)

> Ooh - something else as well.  You assume that every network will have a
> default gateway set for it.  In my home network, my computer dials up
> ADSL using PPPoA, and so the route is set by ppp automatically.  When
> (if) ADSL is not active, I don't want a gateway set - so you could
> probably check for $GATEWAY before issuing the route add default gw
> command.

Okay, you leave the GATEWAY option blank and it will check for it after 
the update takes effect. I would have done it already if you had used 
bugzilla, you know... =) matter of fact, could you put that in bugzilla?

> Great job on the init.d spell though - much prefer it to the previous
> setup.  Am feeling a lot happier about the important init scripts now.

Thanks! Still some work to do. I'm going to put the networking script 
back in net-tools, so things will be a bit more consistant, but it will 
still have the part that lets you update the network cards

neal

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